Earlier this week, Port of Townsville welcomed Australia’s largest backhoe dredge, Woomera, which will be used to widen the port’s 14.9-kilometre shipping channels over the next two years. The $232 million Channel Upgrade is the largest infrastructure project in the port’s 158-year history and is vi
A European transmission system operator (TSO) is on the market for engineering, procurement, construction & installation (EPCI) services for an artificial energy island to be completed by August 2026.
Alewijnse has signed a contract with Den Herder Seaworks to deliver the electrical refit of their trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Swalinge. As we reported last week, the 82.2 metre hopper dredger is currently at Kooiman-Hoebee Shipyard in Dordrecht for an extension of 37 meters, which will in
Timmerman Industrial Repairs BV performed the technical installation of a Heila crane on board the 106m trailing hopper suction dredger (TSHD) Anchorage recently. This job included the modification of the already existing pedestal to fit the base of the crane. According to Timmerman, “in addition we
National Marine Dredging Company (NMDC) has won a 79 million dirhams ($21.5 million) contract for a very important dredging project in Egypt. The job includes dredging the entrance to the navigation channel and the trench of the quay wall in the Red Sea Port in Safaga, NMDC said in a disclosure to
Building a sustainable future in a pandemic-ridden world is no easy feat as it brings out many challenges to the fore, however, the energy and maritime industries have shown a great determination to overcome such obstacles in their quest to accelerate decarbonisation and establish a more balanced, l
We are excited to announce that from now on it is possible to book your stand at the Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference (OEEC) 2022. The 15th edition of OEEC will take place on the 29th and 30th of November 2022 at RAI Amsterdam. Many leading companies have already booked their stand for OEEC
Chevron HDAX 9700 engine oil has become the first lubricant to gain time-unrestricted approval for use with MAN Energy Solutions’ four-stroke engines running on either LNG or distillate fuels.
Kooiman Marine Group has just announced that they are embarking on another exciting project, lengthening of the trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Swalinge. The Swalinge was built as a coaster in 1977 and rebuilt into a hopper dredger after being purchased by Den Herder Seaworks in 1996. This si
The dredging of the fairway to the Danish Port of Thyboron – Thyboron Canal – is now complete. A water depth of 10m in the fairway from the North Sea and between the pier heads into the outer harbour and all the way down to the Limfjordskaj quays in Sydhavnen is now a reality. For […]
In exactly two weeks, the world’s largest sea lock in IJmuiden will be officially put into use by Rijkswaterstaat. The new sea lock – being 70 metres wide, 500m long and 18m deep – was completed earlier in 2021 by the OpenIJ consortium. Over the last couple of months, the new IJmuiden lock has been
MOTAS Dredging Solutions has produced two dragheads for their customer DC Dredging BV. These pieces of equipment will be used to dredge sand and gravel offshore at concessions in the North Sea. The draghead visors are fitted with knife plates, which are able to cut effectively into the soil. Further
After the holidays and well-deserved break, the energy transition community returns to its activities dedicated to making the world a less polluted and more healthy home.
Remarkable progress has taken place at the Aberdeen Harbour Expansion Project in 2021, and all marine-based activities at the project are now complete. Construction of two critical structures – the South Breawkater and the Crown Wall – has finished, and all 22 caissons are in place. The last of the
